Durante i difficili e sanguinosi lavori di costruzione della ferrovia tra l'Atlantico e il Pacifico si svolge la storia d'amore tra la figlia di un macchinista e un sorvegliante. La ragazza sposa un bandito per salvare l'amato, e quando il marito muore ucciso dai suoi uomini, i due si riuniscono.

Nato da una famiglia di boscaioli, Abraham Lincoln è un giovane intraprendente: si laurea in legge, diventa avvocato e comincia a occuparsi con passione di politica. La sua carriera è rapidissima, fino all'elezione alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti alla vigilia della guerra civile. Lincoln riesce a porre termine al conflitto e a tenere unita la nazione, ma proprio quando tutto sembra risolto viene ucciso in un attentato.

Al giovane ma esperto Johnny MacKay viene affidata una difficile trattativa con una tribù indiana ribelle. Sulla diligenza che lo porta verso l'Ovest approfondisce la conoscenza di Nancy, di cui si innamora. Un bianco rinnegato, che si è messo a capo di una banda di predoni pellerossa, rende difficile la trattativa e Johnny rischia persino di morire. Poi, finalmente, si trova faccia a faccia con il capo dei ribelli...

During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which involves stopping the Confederate supply line on the Tennessee River. This proved to be a vital action for the North in its push south...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president, he was the embodiment of the very idea of national union, and of America's entry onto the world stage. As a dying general, he was the symbol of the nation's greatest and most traumatic war. The story of Ulysses S. Grant's life, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to his last days out-writing death in the Adirondacks, is an endlessly fascinating one. Few public figures have ever held a such a firm grip on the American popular imagination. Grant was a man whose rise from obscurity made him a hero to millions who could see themselves in him. An ordinary man who faced and met extraordinary challenges, his successes and failures seemed to encapsulate the national character. He was so popular with the American public that, despite his two scandal-ridden terms as president, he was nearly nominated to run for a third term.

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transformation from union to nation. As a former president, he was the embodiment of the very idea of national union, and of America's entry onto the world stage. As a dying general, he was the symbol of the nation's greatest and most traumatic war. The story of Ulysses S. Grant's life, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to his last days out-writing death in the Adirondacks, is an endlessly fascinating one. Few public figures have ever held a such a firm grip on the American popular imagination. Grant was a man whose rise from obscurity made him a hero to millions who could see themselves in him. An ordinary man who faced and met extraordinary challenges, his successes and failures seemed to encapsulate the national character. He was so popular with the American public that, despite his two scandal-ridden terms as president, he was nearly nominated to run for a third term.